Production partners Jennifer Oko and Miriam Weintraub are veteran journalists and filmmakers, each with careers spanning more than three decades. Both graduates of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, their paths crossed at CBS News, where Miriam served as a producer at 60 Minutes and Jen was a producer at The Early Show. 

Miriam spent more than a dozen years at 60 Minutes, where she specialized in stories that showcased the power of science in transforming lives – from a profile of three men facing blindness and the groundbreaking technologies that might one day save their sight to the story of a resilient mother who, against all odds, taught her severely autistic son to communicate. She has also produced a number of long-form network documentaries, including HBO’s, “Life According to Sam” which won a Peabody Award, a Christopher Award, and a Primetime Emmy. 

Over the course of her career, Jennifer has worked for each of the network news divisions, domestically and abroad, producing everything from breaking news and celebrity profiles to long-form documentaries, Sweeps Week specials, and investigative reports. She is also the author of three well-reviewed books, including one that was an “Editor’s Choice” in the New York Times Book Review, and another that has been optioned to be developed as a television series. Her latest novel will be published in 2025. 

Over the past decade, the two women have forged a dynamic creative partnership, successfully developing, producing, and directing a diverse array of films. These include impactful short-form documentaries featured in the New York Times and PBS covering thought-provoking topics such as conspiracy theories during the Trump era, an underground abortion network in Chicago, an investigation into the controversy surrounding shaken baby syndrome, and a look back at the first #MeToo movement on Wall Street. 

In 2018, they produced the PBS film “Make It Plain” about power broker Vernon Jordan with director Dawn Porter. They also worked with Porter on the critically acclaimed “John Lewis: Make Good Trouble” which paid homage to the impactful legacy left by the civil rights icon. In August of 2020, they produced a short film on Congressman Lewis which aired at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. They served as senior producers on the PBS Frontline film “American Reckoning,” a feature-length documentary about an untold story of Black resistance during the civil rights era that was nominated for Emmy and Peabody Awards. In 2022, they completed a documentary in collaboration with directors Kate Davis and Luchina Fisher, now on the festival circuit, which focuses on brave Black women in Detroit fighting to combat modern-day redlining and predatory housing practices. They are currently in production on a film about corruption in the family court system.